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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Young Peoples Societies of Chris
tian EndeayOr.

The second annual convention of the
Young Peoples Societies of Christian En-
deavor of Vermont will meet in the First
Congregational church in st. Adams on
Tuesday and Wednesday, November LIST
and ID Each local society is desired to
send at least three delegates. and pastors
and other Christian workers are cordially
invited to attend. The railroads are ex-
pected to sell half-fare tickets. The
exercises of Tuesday afternoon will COM
prise social half-hour, a devotional meet
ing, organization, an address of welcome
and response, the report of the secretary
and two-minute reports from local societies.
In the evening there will be devotional
meeting, with the subject, What has the
society done for me?' and addresses by
Rev. DIR. Halves of Burlington and Rev. DR..
Lamson of St. Johnsbury. Wednesday
mornings devotional meeting will have for
its subject the question, What can | do
for the society" 1t will be followed by
business meeting and later by discussion
of the topics, " How can our society he
most effectually extended over our state?"
and " The work of the committees--lookout
prayer-meeting and social" Wednesday
afternoon will occur the election of officers
Rev. c. S. Mills of Springfield and Rev. j.
l.. Sewall of Milton will make reports of the
Saratoga convention; the pastors in attend
ance will have a half-hour meeting; Rev.
G. c. Dickinson of Lowell, Mass, will
speak upon the " Relation of local societies
to the national work" and the question
box will be opened. In the evening there
will be song service an address by the
Rev. Mr.. Dickinson and closing addresses
by Rev. j. a. MacColl of st. Adams and
others
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Union Agricultural Society Fair.

The thirteenth annual fair of the Union
Agricultural Society of Tunbridge was the
most successful of all its fairs, and the So
cety, after paying all premiums and it's
bills, finds a handsome balance in its
treasury.
Horses are abundant in all of the regions
about the worlds " fair ground, and the
exhibit at this fair was very large and mer-
itorious. OF matched horses and drivers
there were many entries, as there were also
of young stations and colts. DIR. William
McDougall's CTunbridge) standard bred
Vampire, with five beautiful colts, was given
the first premium. A yearling colt of YAM
pire's get weighed 90i pounds. Peters
Morgan, owned in East Randolph, is proba-
bly, the purest bred Morgan stallion living
and is a beautiful horse.
The cattle exhibit was very large. Luke
Parish of Randolph was the leading exhib-
itor OF Jerseys. John p Fish of Washing
ton, NJ F. Preston of Sharon and o. F.
Slack of North Tunbridge showed large
herds of tnely-bred Devons. William
Farnham of Royalton showed his herd of
Dutch cattle. S. p. Durkee of North Tun-
bridge exhibited Short-horns. Excellent
grade stock was shown by various people.
OF sheep there was fine exhibit. f. 7.
Dana of Pomfret and George l.. Swan and
E. s. Folsom of Tunbridge were the lead
ing exhibitors of tine-wools. Shropshires
We're shown by w. A. Mcconnell of Wash
ington and by A. p. Salter & Son of Tun-
bridge Leicesters by o. and F. f. Bixby of
Chelsea; Southdowns by Hugh Dickerman
of Tunbridge Cotswolds by S. p. Durkee
OF Tunbridge, Charles Magoon of Orange
and w. A. Farnham of Royalton.
Frank Weeden of South Royalton, C. C.
Paine of East Bethel and George w. Durkee
of North Tunbridge had very large exhibits
of poultry.
II. I. Clifford of Royalton, Luke Parish of
Randolph, o. Whitney of Tunbrdge and
others showed the leading varieties of swine.
In floral hall there was very large and
beautiful exhibit. There was large ex-
hibit of butter. The special premiums given
for butter sailed with Ashton salt were
taken by f. l.. Davis of North Pomfret and
c. S. Paine of East, Randolph. Other pre-
miums were taken by Ben Tucker and E.
fuller of Tunbridge. Mr.. fuller and others
showed fine cheeses. There was a good
show of grain and vegetables.
The fairs of the society are increasing in
popularity and the managers will erect more
buildings next season.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
The WOman's Christian Temperance
Union and Politics.

The action of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union at their recent state con-
vention in endorsing political party evil
IDENTIFY does not meet with the approval of a
majority of the members of the Mortified
Union. The petition published below has
been circulated among the members of this
organization, whose total membership is
thirty-seven, three of whom We're absent
The names attached to the petition below
will show the result:
Recognizing the fact that in the great
battle against the rum traffic the full
cooperation of every temperance man
and woman of Vermont is most de-
cidedly needed; and, Whereas The action
OF our annual convention at Woodstock in
endorsing the position of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in
committing that organization to the aid and
support of "a political party is not the true
expression of the majority of Woman's
Christian Temperance Union women of
Vermont, and that such actions will hinder
temperance work by bringing dissension
and division into our ranks and by keeping
out OF the organization scores of Christian
women of culture and influence who have
not yet identified themselves with us; and
Whereas, Fully appreciating the unremit-
ting laborS of the women who organized
tins temperance movement in Vermont and
who, after nine consecutive years of harmo-
NOUS action, in convention declared them
selves deeply conscious of the necessity
of united and harmonious effort resolv-
ing that though heads might differ they
would be united in heart and work (ninth
annual report, page slXty-two); therefore,
" ReSolUed, That as we love our national
president and affirm our unfaltering allegi-
ance to prohibition, constitutional and statu-
tory, in state and nation, we desire to keep
the Vermont Womans Christian Union free
from the trammels of any political organiza-
ton, in order to preserve harmony among
ourselves and secure the full cooperation of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Not willing to be Counted.

The Boston Herald discourages the
nomination of state ticket by the
Massachusetts, mugwumps this year.
1t fears, evidently, that such move
ment would only serve to demonstrate
their weakness, and therefore their
wisest course is to fight guerilla fashion,
as they have been doing since the
summer of 1884. The Boston Traveller
says: " Seeing that it would be moth
ing but a fizzle, the Herald is loud
against the exhibition of the real weak
ness of these imaginary hosts. Just as
long as the Independent refuses to ma
terialize he makes very considerable
scarecrow. When the mugwump is an
idea, the Herald can talk about 10 900 or
10000 of him. If he tried to go alone
a tally would dwindle him down to less
than 5000, if that. But this picturing
the vast influence of set of men who
dare not act Independent, in any old
fashioned sense of that word, will no
longer delude or brighten parties. The
democrats have unloaded the mug
wump and will lose little by the move.
No party can afford to take him in
either on his estimate of himself or his
sum total"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

vising some palatable substitute for the
tubers. Now we come to think of it.
potatoes are not very good food any
way. We eat them ordinarily because
they are plenty and cheap. A good
southern corn pone is better than pota-
toes, for those who like it, but what
shall we do for hash? Croquettes made
of chopped meat and bread crumbs,
properly seasoned, are not bad, but
corned-beef hash requires potatoes
Springfield Union.
CAPTAIN G. S. FORBES has been in
vestigating the educational system of
Vermont, and summarizes the results
in the Boston Journal as follows
| First, that less than one-half the children of
school age in the state are constant attend
ants at the public schools: second, that the
district schools in the state are weaker and
poorer than ever before third that starva-
ton wages are paid the teachers of the pub
lie schools fourth, that in many districts no
regular school is maintained; fifth, that nu-
merous school-houses are unfit for occu-
pancy.
SO much for the district schools.
Among the more important measures
which ought to be adopted by the next
legislature are the following:
First, the town system of schools for the
state; second, for the more efficient super
vision of schools; third providing for free
textbooks; fourth, an effective compulsory
education law.
DID not have an arrangement to see
Mr.. Blaine abroad, and when | arrived
in London he was in Scotland. After
his visit to Ireland saw him and he
was looking better than at any time since
1876 He was strong and alert, brown
from the sun, with tinge of color in
his cheeks that he had not had in ten
years. His eyes were bright and snap
ping and his lips red, and his conversa-
ton had extraordinary vivacity. He
seemed, as always, to know everything;
and exact dates and quotations and
recollections surprising for details, de-
pending upon absolute accuracy, were
poured forth with that glitter of verbal
felicity and dash that is so fascinating.
1t CHANGED that an old schoolmate, one
of the friends of Blaine's boyhood,
came in at the time, and "reminiscences
were in order, and the thoroughness
with which Blaine knew what was
going on fifty years ago, and he is but
fifty-seven years of age, seemed almost
miraculous. That is the way his feeble
ness shows itself.-Murat HdlStead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Grand Lodge of Good TempIars.

The twenty-ifth session of the Grand
Lodge of the Independent Order of Good
Templars was held in Good Templars hall,
West Randolph, October 10Th and 18th
There were about sixty representatives
present and the attendance from out of
town was probably not much less than one
hundred. The reports of the officers showed
that there are now seventy lodges and 5000
members and about 500 in the treasury.
The session was unusually earnest, har-
monious and interesting. The following is
the board of officers for the next year: G.
Z. IT, g. II. Smalley, Lyndonville; G.. c.,
G. A. Wattles, Bennington G. V. T., Mrs.
o. S. Wiley, Sharon; G.. S., c. ID. Edgerton,
Northtield; G.. T., Joseph Barton, Burling-
ton; G. S. j. T., Mrs. l.. G.. Grandy, New
G. Chap. Rev. o.. d. Clapp,. Waitstield;
G. NJ, William Embery, St. Adams G.. c.,
Mrs S. n. Gould, West Randolph: G. Sent
w. A. Graham, st. Johnsbury G.. A. s., C.
II. Storrs, Island Pond; G.. ID. NJ, Mrs. w.
w Turner, East Middebury; p. G.. G.. T.,
Frank Plumley, Northfeld-the first seven.
he executive committee, being the same as
last year. The principal subject of con-
sideration was the question of employing a
lecturer or organizer to spend his time in
the work, and a special committee was APP
pointed to consider the matter. This com
mttee reported in favor of employing such
person and the report was unanimously
adopted after full discussion. To provide
for the salary and expenses of the organizer
the committee recommended the raising of a
guarantee fund by subscription and the
sum of $40 was subscribed in about half an
hour and the representatives empowered to
take further subscriptions on their return
home. The non-partisan position of the
order as to all political issues was dis
tinctly and decidedly reaffirmed by the
reports of officers and committees, which
were adopted unanimously. A special
committee presented appropriate resolu-
tions, which We're adopted, in memory of
the late r. w. G.. T., John B. Finch of
Illinois. The next session will be held at
Hyde Park on the second Wednesday in
October 1855
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Vermont Medical Society.

The annual meeting of the Vermont Med
zeal Society was held in the new courtroom
at the state-house October 18th and 14th.
Among the fifty more members present
were Drs. S. 7. Brooks of st. Johnsbury, f.
X. Campbell of Bellows Falls, A. p. Grinnell
of Burlington, A II. Chesmore of Hunting
ton S. l.. Wiswell of Cabot, j, Henry Jack
son and b. W. Bradley of Barre, j. III.
Hamilton of Richford, Q. l.. Allen of Rut-
land, &. M Ferrin of Essex, j. b. Wheeler
of Burlington, ID. f. Rugg of Hartland,
f. l.. Ladue of Alburgh, f. II. Cilley of
Jericho, III. d. Holton of Brattleboro, Henry
James of Waterbury, ID. G.. Kemp of Mont
pelier, f. 7. Kdder of Woodstock, NJ. H.
Corwin of Chelsea and w. ii. Vincent of
Orwell. Delegates were present as follows;
DIR. Oramel Martin of Worcester, Mass, DR..
o. ID. Eastman of Woodsville, n. H., and
Dr. II. l.. Keith of West Sandlake, from
the New York State Medical Association.
The annual address was delivered by the
president, DIR. S. L. Brooks, and discussed
the subjects of health, hygiene and medical
testimony in the courts. DIR. Hamilton
made report of case of alcoholism re-
sulting in mania and motor paralysis. DIR,
Brooks reported case of opium poisoning,
the effect of which was neutralized by a
hypodermic injection of apomorphia. Pa
pers were read by DIR. ID. f. Rugg on vesico-
intestinal tistula, DIR. Ferrn ON pleuritis,
Dr. Wheeler on inhalation of the larynX,
Dr. Ladue on hillary calculi, Dr. Campbell
oh III, NuIlluR VI hdu-
dolph on climate and diseases of Mesopota-
mia and DR.. Hoton ON therapeutics. DR..
Cilley read paper entitled "A report of a
few cases of lung disease" DIR. Andrews
of Richmond read an obituary of DIR. f. A
Green, DIR. Upham one of DIR. Samuel j.
Allen and DR.. c. l.. Allen one of DIR. A.
Dana Dyer of Brandon, A paper on deaf
ness, by DR.. j. III. Woodward of Burlington,
was read by the secretary. The report of
the committee to revise the constitution and
bylaws was adopted. Five new members
were elected. Officers were elected for the
ensuing year, as follows: President, f.. r.
Campbell of Bellows Falls; vice-president
S. l.. Wiswell of Cabot; secretary, ID. c.
Hawley of Burlington treasurer, ID. G.
Kemp of Montpelier; auditor, @. f. Chan
dler of Montpelier; executive committee,
ID. G. Hawley, Il. X. Campbell, S. l.. Wis
well. License oensors, s. III. Griswold, G
c. Perry, f. III. Cilley Councillors Zone
from each county, Addison, NJ. IL. Eddy;
Bennington, Lyman Rogers Caledonia, IL,
S. Brown; Chittenden, f. h. Stoddard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

every temperance man and woman in the
state.
" ResolUed, That while our interest in the
cause of temperance remains undated, and
for its advancement we will continue to
labor with earnestness and zeal, yet with
conviction of duty that will not permit us
to be silent we desire to place on record
our solemn protest against the action of the
convention at Woodstock in committing
that body and those whom they represented
to the support of political party.
4" (SignedD Mrs p. ID. Bradford, Miss
M. ?. Moore, Mrs. j. II. Orcutt, Mrs. A. II.
Webb, Mrs. G. A. Clough, Mrs. e. X. Jones,
Mrs. Frank Pumley, Mrs. l.. L. Field
Mrs. w S. Hazen, Mrs. e. Pope, Mrs. G.
Il. Reed, Mrs. l.. Bliss, Mrs. A. A. Preston
Mrs. /. p. Booth, Mrs. o. D. Edgerton, Mrs.
G. A. Edgerton, Mrs. j. c. Cady, Mrs.
Charles Dole, Miss e. NJ. Slade, Mrs. lila
M. Johnson, Mrs. e. b. Rich, Miss May f.
McClearn, Mrs. j. II. Hazelton, Mrs f. II.
Cox, Mrs. b. K. Smith, Mrs. Fred w. Dut-
ton"
The union at Bellows Falls has adopted
similar resolutions, thirty-eight out of forty
one members signing for them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
The New Congress.

The clerk of the house of representa-
tives, General Clark, thinks that " the
minimum democratic clear majority
over all in the present house will be
ten, and it may be fourteen" There
are four vacancies-two in New York,
one in Rhode Island and one in Louis
lana. If Rhode Island elects repub-
lican, and of this there cannot be much
doubt, the vote by states on the choice
of the next president, should the cleo
ton be thrown into the house, would be:
republican, twenty; democratic, sew
enteen, and New Hampshire tied. The
New York World (democratic) gives
cold comfort to its party in this retro
spective glance: What contrast
this is to the last house, in which the
democrats had forty-three majority,
while the vote of states stood: demo-
cratic, nineteen; republican, sixteen;
tied, three. Yet when the last house
OF representatives was elected the re-
publicans held the government and the
democrats were Ostracized from the
federal service, while the present house
was chosen after democratic admins
tration had been nearly two years in
control at Washington
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

Essex, Il. T. johnson; Franklin, George
Dunsmore;. Grand Isle, F. L. Ladue; La
noble, Joel Allen; Orange, A. G.. Bailey;
Orleans, G. +. Branch Rutland, G. l..
Allen; Washington, G. T. Camp; Wind
ham, II. d. Holton; Windsor, f. T. Kidder.
Delegates to American Medical Association,
d. II. Nutting, A. p. Grinnell; Maine Med
ical Association, |. ID. Warren, T.. j. Fish:
New Hampshire Medical Society, o. w
Sherman, G. j. Allen; Massachusetts Med
ical Society, g. NJ. Chandler, S. II. Wood
ward; Rhode Island State Medical Society,
f. s. Albee, G. A. Sperry Connecticut Med
ical Society, j. S. Richmond G. w Ray:
New York State Medical Association, J. b.
Wheeler, B. j. Andrews; Northern New
York Medical Association, g. f. b. Willard,
+. r. Stoddard; Connecticut River Valley
Medical Association NJ Il. Grain, S. II.
Griswold; White River Medical Assoca-
ton, John Winch, A. b. Bisbee; White
Mountain Medical Association, Dean Rich
mond; Dartmouth Medical College, d. f.
Rugg, f. II. Cilley; Medical Department,
University of Vermont, S. S. Clark, f. l.
Ladue,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Preserving the Peace.

The alliance of Germany, Italy and
Austria has been renewed for five years.
1t is professedly directed more against
Russia than France, for Italy has re-
served the right to observe absolute
neutrality in the event of Franco
German war. The main purpose is to
check the Cars design to advance upon
Constantinople. 1t is rumored that
England will join the alliance, and
thus, it is believed, the peace of Europe
will be preserved for some time to
come. But Russia is aggressive and
defiant. A journal at St. Petersburg
gives this note of warning to the allied
powers: " Europe desires peace, but
it must be based on the treaties forming
the law of nations. Any work aspiring
to consolidate peace must maintain the
treaties and re-establsh them wher-
ever they have been infringed." 1t is
certain that the peace of Europe is only
preserved by the continental powers
maintaining great standing armies at
an enormous expense.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
Notes and Opinions.

THE liquor-dealers in Pennsylvania
have raised 100000 to aid the demo-
Gratis in that state.
THE Boston Post, a good democratic
paper, is inclined to give Mrs. Cleve-
land all the honors of the trip.
THE republican party cannot afford
to pursue course in 1888 that will
amount to vindication of mugwump
action in 1884.
A GREAT many people begin to feel,
with Chauncey M. Depew, that it is
about time to elect our brainiest men to
the presidency.
THREE million women in the United
States work for money. OF these six
hundred thousand are agricultural la
borers, mainly in the cotton-tields of
the South.
NEW HAMPSHIRE has rode on passes
since the meeting of the legislature,
and the railroads have made their
money from the "Innoceuts Abroad. ~
Concord Monitor.
New YORK is very uncertain state
in politics, but the democrats are GER
tain of one thing, and that is that since
1882 the prohibitionists have kept the
democrats at the top.
THE Washington Republican remarks
that an increase of over $45 ,000, 900
liabilities of failing business men in
April, May and June of this year, over
the amounts of the same months last
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19
A Singular Story.

A great sensation was caused last
week by the publication of story
which purported to clear up the mystery
of the bank robbery at Dexter, Maine,
in 1873. A young man named Charles
Francis Stain made confession to a
reporter, declaring his full knowledge
of the murder of Cashier Barron and
fixing the guilt upon his father and
several others. The father, David l..
Stain, and Oliver Cromwell and j..
Arnold Andrews were arrested for COM
plicity in the robbery and murder, but
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-19

the latter showed an alibi and was re-
leased. The known facts concerning
the robbery are that one morning in
February, 1878, the cashier, j. W..
Barron, was found in the treasure
vault gagged, bound and dying. His
head was covered with CHASTITY wounds,
and he died before he could tell the
story of the crime. AS no clue was
found to the perpetrators, the story was
started that Barron had committed
suicide in order to cover up financial
Irregularities. 1t appears that the rob-
bers did not secure much money from
the vault, though its contents were
valuable. Young Stains story is that
the robbers had severe encounter with
the cashier in the bank, and after they
struck him with slung-shot they
gagged and bound him and carried him
into the vault. The narrator says:
The great iron door of the safe was
open, but neither father nor Cromwell
dared to make an examination of the
contents of the vault They hastily
closed the door. Father drew Barron's
keys from his pocket and unlocked the
money-drawer in the front room of the
bank. He gathered up what loose
money there was there, amounting to
a little less than 5000, and thrust
$500 bond, which was lying in the
drawer, into his pocket" 1t is pre-
tended that the robbers became alarmed
and left the bank without taking their
expected booty. This story finds some
believers, among whom is the bank
examiner. On the other hand, Hon.
J. H. Drummond, counsel for the
Dexter Savings Bank, says that Stains
story is pure fiction, and points out
many statements that are inconsistent
with the facts in the case. Even Mrs.
Barron's lawyer pronounces the story
a doubtful one.
The story of young Stain, as given to
the press, is different from the con-
fession made by him several weeks ago
in Jail. The latter is much more con-
sistent and credible narrative. In the
former Stain is made to say that he
drove the burglars to the scene of OPP
erations at Dexter, Maine, on the fatal
February ODD, 1878. AS matter of
fact, Stain was at that time snugly re-
posing in the Androscoggin county
jail charged with DEMONSTRATING, for
which offence he was subsequently
tried and sentenced to three years in
the state prison. From the original
confession it appears that he did not
claim to have taken part in the raid on
the bank, but had received his fathers
confession after his own discharge
from prison. Whether his statements
concerning the Dexter bank affair are
true or not, it is developed that the
parties he has implicated are bad lot,
being charged with several atrocious
crimes. The elder Stain is alleged to
have killed two of his wives, committed
three other murders, burned church,
mill and his own house, and engaged
with agang in counterfeiting, smuggling
and illicit distilling. Cromwell is also
said to have a dark record. The
singular statement is made by young
Stain that he was driven to make the
confession by the repeated visitations
to him of the supposed ghost of Cashier
Barron.